Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang discovered the treasures in the ruins and was attacked by an alchemist’s remnant soul hidden in a blood jade box. He destroyed the soul, gained a major boost to his Soul Power, and learned that the box contained Heavenly Demon Blood Eyes.

• Xiao Yang searched the shelves and cauldron, finding rare pills, medicinal ingredients, scrolls, and several mysterious objects.
• Xiao Yang opened the blood jade box, and two bloody lights struck his eyes, drawing him into his inner world.
• The blood-eyed alchemist demanded Xiao Yang’s body, but Xiao Yang killed him with King Hollow’s Flash and absorbed his remnant soul.
• Xiao Yang’s Soul Power surged to captain-class, giving him enough Reiatsu to perform Bankai and strengthening his prospects of passing the Inner Courtyard examination.
• Xiao Yang identified the two objects from the box as Heavenly Demon Blood Eyes, which could grant powerful ocular abilities when fused with his eyes.

Xiao Yang recovered the treasures left by the remnant soul that had tried to possess him, including the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, and prepared to use it to elevate his Source Fire. He ended the chapter poised to begin the crucial first stage of transforming the Great Sun Glazed True Fire into a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yang examined the dead Dou Zun's history and concluded that his weakened remnant soul had once escaped the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yang installed the Heavenly Demon Blood Eyes and gained a dramatically clearer view of the world.
• Xiao Yang took the Mystic Bodhi Foundation Pill, which the old alchemist had prepared to improve a young host's aptitude.
• Xiao Yang retrieved the Yin-Yang Dual Flame from its black-and-white ring and drew on the soul and alchemy knowledge he had absorbed.
• Xiao Yang planned to use the Great Sun Glazed Art to merge Heavenly Flame power into his Source Fire and raise it to Heavenly Flame level.

Xiao Yang absorbed the weakened Yin-Yang Dual Flame and advanced to Da Dou Shi, then forged Zangetsu with Yin-Yang Profound Iron and used a Mystic Bodhi Foundation Pill to boost his cultivation. He traveled to Black Seal City to seek opportunities at its upcoming annual auction.

• Xiao Yang refined the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and condensed his liquid Dou Qi into a dark golden Dou Crystal, successfully breaking through to Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yang fused Zangetsu with the Yin-Yang Profound Iron and swallowed the Mystic Bodhi Foundation Pill.
• After storing the treasures in the stone chamber, Xiao Yang followed his map toward Black Seal City, hoping to attend its annual auction.
• Xiao Yang joined a merchant caravan and arrived outside Black Seal City.

Xiao Yang entered Black Seal City and attended the Black Seal Auction, where he watched factions compete over increasingly valuable treasures. The auction reached its feverish peak when the Earth-Rank Middle Grade fighting skill Sky Splitting Tyrant Leg appeared, and its bidding continued to climb.

• Xiao Yang used Heavenly Demon Blood Eyes to bypass the city gate guards and made his way through Black Seal City to the Black Seal Auction House.
• The Eight Gates auctioneer opened the annual auction, and a suit of Dark-Gold Soft Armor sold for 250,000 gold coins.
• The auctioneer presented Jade Shattering Metal Splitting Hand, and the Demon Blade Sect’s master bid three million gold coins before it sold for five million.
• Xiao Yang recognized the Demon Blade Sect from the story and recalled that Soul Hall would later destroy the sect and its Mountain Gate.
• The auction featured rare treasures, including a fifth-grade Pill Formula, before the Earth-Rank Middle Grade skill Sky Splitting Tyrant Leg sent the factions into fierce bidding.

Xiao Yang ambushed Black Skull Tomb’s party after it bought the Earth-Tier mid-level Fighting Skill, Sky Splitting Tyrant Leg, and stole several Rings of Acceptance amid a clash with the Demon Blade Sect. The system rewarded him with the Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, and Susanoo Eye Technique set, and he escaped with the loot.

• Xiao Yang decided not to bid on Sky Splitting Tyrant Leg at the auction, wary of attracting Yuan Yi and other powerful figures in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yang followed Black Skull Tomb’s party as it took a remote mountain trail toward Skull City.
• The Demon Blade Sect Master defeated Black Skull Tomb’s leader, but two Dou Ling and three Da Dou Shi used Bone Explosion and badly wounded him.
• An arm carrying two Rings of Acceptance flew to Xiao Yang, who took the rings and escaped using his Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings.
• The system awarded Xiao Yang the hidden accomplishment Dogs Bite Dogs, No Way to Trace It, and the Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, and Susanoo Eye Technique set.

Xiao Yang returned to Jia Nan Academy after training in the Black-Corner Region and showed the Enforcement Squad that he had reached two-star Da Dou Shi. Back at the academy, he reviewed his gains and began cultivating two powerful fighting skills.

• Xiao Yang entered Peace Town, identified himself as an academy student, and revealed that he had advanced to two-star Da Dou Shi.
• Several female Enforcement Squad members escorted Xiao Yang into town, leaving the male squad members behind as one of them abandoned a challenge against him.
• Xiao Yang returned to the academy, bathed, slept, and emptied his two Rings of Acceptance to assess his gains.
• Xiao Yang mastered the Profound Rank Advanced Fighting skill Jade Shattering Metal Splitting Hand in seven days.
• Xiao Yang examined the four forms of the Earth-Tier Mid-level Sky Splitting Tyrant Leg and noted the danger its demands could pose to his legs.

Xiao Yang entered the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition as a four-star Da Dou Shi and swiftly advanced through the early rounds. After his next opponent, Wang Teng, appeared onstage, the chapter revealed the new yin and yang powers of Xiao Yang’s permanently Bankai-locked Zanpakuto.

• Xiao Yang used the Mystic Bodhi Foundation Pill and a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill to rise to four-star Da Dou Shi before the competition began.
• Xiao Yang defeated a Dou Shi opponent in the preliminary round by making him faint with an eye-technique Fighting Skill.
• The referee announced that 128 competitors remained, and Ye Qiu defeated Huang Shao in the next day’s matches.
• Xiao Yang was called to fight Wang Teng and appeared onstage at startling speed.
• Xiao Yang’s Zanpakuto, Tensa Zangetsu, was permanently locked in Bankai and had black destructive yin and white healing yang forms.
• Xiao Yang could combine Bankai with Hollowfication for up to twenty times his strength, but had to shout “Bankai!” to unleash its full power.

Xiao Yang overwhelmed Wang Teng with a single Crescent Sky Impact and was awarded first place in the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition. Three days later, he arrived at the Academy Library Pavilion with Instructor Ruo Lin and met Hu Qian and the other finalists.

• Wang Teng urged Xiao Yang to forfeit, but Xiao Yang unleashed Crescent Sky Impact, forcing Hu Qian to step in and shatter the blade light.
• Xiao Yang rebuked Wang Teng for underestimating him, then left the arena as Hu Qian and the judges awarded him first place to prevent further trouble.
• Xiao Yang received a system achievement reward for earning fame throughout the Outer Courtyard.
• Nearly three days later, Instructor Ruo Lin woke Xiao Yang and brought him to the Academy Library Pavilion.
• Hu Qian praised Xiao Yang's composure and recognized that he had concealed the sharpness he displayed during the competition.

Xiao Yang and the other four Selection Competition winners entered the Book Collection Pavilion to choose a treasure, while Xiao Yang used his Heavenly Demon Blood Eyes to inspect the sealed items. He caught an Earth-Tier Advanced Fighting skill scroll, only for the system to reveal that it had originally belonged to the Xiao Clan.

• Hu Qian led the top five to the Book Collection Pavilion, where elders Bai Lie and Qian Mu opened its Spatial Lock and explained the rules for taking one item.
• Xiao Yang entered the pavilion and used his Heavenly Demon Blood Eyes to see through the energy clusters and inspect the treasures inside.
• Xiao Yang found little he needed because he already had powerful techniques, weapons, defenses, and alchemy resources.
• An earthy yellow light cluster shot toward Xiao Yang, and he shattered it with Jade Shattering Metal Splitting Hand to reveal the Earth-Tier Advanced Fighting skill Yuan Magnetic Xuan Gang Overlord Body.
• The system told Xiao Yang that the Fighting skill had originally belonged to the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yang studied the Yuan Magnetic Xuan Gang Overlord Body and learned he needed costly pills or a Yuan Magnetic Earth Eye to cultivate it. Two days later, he and the other students flew toward the Inner Courtyard, and the Griffins stopped above a deep mountain ravine.

• Xiao Yang discovered that the Yuan Magnetic Xuan Gang Overlord Body could give him an acquired earth-attributed constitution and help him cultivate the Vajra Glazed Body.
• Xiao Yang learned the fighting skill required several Sixth-Grade Profound Origin Later Earth Pills, unless he found a Yuan Magnetic Earth Eye.
• Hu Qian assembled Xiao Yang and fifty students and sent them toward the Inner Courtyard aboard ten Griffins.
• Instructor Ruo Lin and the female students waved goodbye as Xiao Yang flew away with the group.
• Hu Qian and three elders protected the Griffin formation from magical beasts as it crossed the Back Mountain.
• The Griffin formation stopped above a bottomless ravine in the forest sea.

Xiao Yang entered the Inner Courtyard’s Fire Energy Hunting Competition, where Seniors could attack New Students and steal the Fire Energy on their cards. He left the first encounter with five Seniors victorious and his card holding one hundred days of Fire Energy.

• Hu Qian led Xiao Yang and the other New Students through a silver spatial gate into the Inner Courtyard.
• Elder Su explained the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and gave the students Fire Crystal Cards before sending them into the forest.
• Five Seniors surrounded Xiao Yang and demanded his Fire Energy, but he knocked them down with Thunderclap Sky-Rending.
• Xiao Yang threatened the Seniors with a knife and took their Fire Energy, raising his card from five days to thirty.
• Xiao Yang collected Fire Energy from the other four Seniors, bringing his total to one hundred days.

Xiao Yang continued the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, defeating two groups of Senior Students and taking their Fire Energy. After gathering a year's worth, he left the forest with a successful haul.

• Two elderly observers discussed Xiao Yang's strength and guessed that he had avoided drawing his blade because he feared killing his opponents.
• Xiao Yang ambushed five Senior Students, defeated them with Thunderclap Sky-Rending, and took their crystal cards, gaining one hundred and fifty days of Fire Energy.
• Shi Jie challenged Xiao Yang to a one-on-one fight, but Xiao Yang broke his leg with a kick and demanded the team's Fire Crystal Cards.
• A man in green attacked Xiao Yang with a spear, and Xiao Yang used Lightning Release: Thousand Birds Current to paralyze the other four Senior Students.
• Xiao Yang collected the team's Fire Energy and saw that he had accumulated a year's worth on his Fire Crystal Card.

Xiao Yang rescued New Students, defeated Senior Students, and seized their Fire Energy as he roamed the forest. After raiding four more teams at night, he faced the final battle at dawn.

• Xiao Yang ambushed a Senior Student team that was threatening five New Students, defeating the long-haired leader and the other four with Tyrant Shatters Mountains and Rivers.
• Xiao Yang took the Senior Students' Fire Energy and left the rescued New Students, having planned to save four groups and let one group be defeated so the others would not resent him.
• Xiao Yang found shelter in a hollow tree and slept after nightfall.
• Xiao Yang went on a midnight hunt and captured four more Senior Student teams, taking all their Fire Energy.
• Dawn broke, and the final battle began.

Xiao Yang confronted the Black White Twin Devils and unleashed overwhelming power before their battle began. He transformed into a golden-haired, lightning-wreathed fighter, leaving the Inner Courtyard elders stunned.

• Xiao Yang emerged from the forest and identified himself to the Black White Twin Devils.
• Wang Zhong demanded Xiao Yang surrender his Fire Energy, but Xiao Yang declared he would fight all ten.
• Xiao Yang released a fraction of his Reiatsu, shocking Wang Zhong and the observing elders with its immense power.
• Xiao Yang mocked Wang Zhong and Wang Chao over their names, angering Wang Chao and leaving both sides ready to fight.
• Xiao Yang erupted with golden Douqi, and his hair turned gold as white lightning flashed around him.

Xiao Yang used Great Sun Vajra Transformation to defeat the Black White Twin Devils’ teams in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, forcing Elder Su to protect the remaining students from his Gran Rey Cero. Elder Su declared Xiao Yang the winner and announced that his solo victory had set an unprecedented record at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yang activated Great Sun Vajra Transformation and chose not to use Bankai so he would not risk killing the students.
• Xiao Yang struck Wang Chao with Thunderclap Sky-Rending and sent Wang Zhong flying with Tyrant Shatters Mountains and Rivers.
• Xiao Yang fired Gran Rey Cero at the eight remaining Senior Students, who froze under its soul-targeting pressure.
• Elder Su appeared and blocked Gran Rey Cero, leaving a massive trench across the battlefield.
• Elder Su declared Xiao Yang the winner of the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and called his solo victory an unprecedented academy record.

Xiao Yang received a Crimson Fire Crystal Card and Fire Energy for winning the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, then followed Grand Elder Su Qian into the Inner Courtyard. After settling into his new residence, he took stock of his rewards, including a wisp of the Hellfire Phoenix’s Source Fire.

• Elder Su explained the Fire Crystal Card rankings and awarded Xiao Yang a Crimson Fire Crystal Card with one hundred days of Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yang transferred his Fire Energy to the Crimson Card, and Elder Su introduced himself as Grand Elder Su Qian before leading the New Students into the Inner Courtyard.
• Xiao Yang and the New Students saw the vast basin and towering buildings of the Inner Courtyard.
• Grand Elder Su Qian showed Xiao Yang his villa and told him about the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and the Inner Courtyard’s facilities.
• After Su Qian left, Xiao Yang reviewed his rewards: a Cultivation Method Fusion Card, a Chance Instance Card, and a wisp of the Hellfire Phoenix’s Source Fire.

Xiao Yang studied the Life Devouring Pill and decided to use it to force his father to cultivate harder, then swallowed the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill to advance his own cultivation. By dawn, he had completed the breakthrough to Eight-Star Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Yang realized the Life Devouring Pill could raise a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi directly to Nine-Star Dou King by burning their lifespan.
• Xiao Yang decided that after the school year ended, he would raise Xiao Zhan to Nine-Star Da Dou Shi and make him take the Life Devouring Pill so he would not be captured by Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yang concluded that his brothers' cultivation had been held back by the Xiao Family's lack of resources, while Xiao Zhan had grown complacent because of his sons' talent.
• Xiao Zhan suddenly felt a chill and sneezed in Wutan City, unaware of Xiao Yang's plans for him.
• Xiao Yang swallowed the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and used the Great Sun Glazed Art to refine its three streams of energy throughout the night.
• At dawn, Xiao Yang opened his eyes after reaching Eight-Star Da Dou Shi.

After advancing to Eight-Star Da Dou Shi, Xiao Yang went to Jia Nan Academy’s Medicine Repository seeking a Vajra Bodhi and revealed that he was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist. Elder Hao, impressed by his talent, asked when he could refine a Dou Ling Pill.

• Xiao Yang reached Eight-Star Da Dou Shi and planned to visit the Medicine Repository for a Vajra Bodhi to help cultivate the Yuan Magnetic Xuan Gang Overlord Body.
• Liu Sheng and Chu He tried to recruit Xiao Yang for Lie Shan and Wolf Fang, but he revealed his age, cultivation, and Fourth-Grade Alchemist status, prompting both groups to retreat.
• An instructor escorted Xiao Yang to Elder Hao at the Medicine Repository after confirming that Grand Elder Su Qian had instructed the staff to look after him.
• Elder Hao learned that Xiao Yang had reached Eight-Star Da Dou Shi using a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Yang guessed that Elder Hao wanted to know when he could refine a Dou Ling Pill, and Elder Hao awkwardly agreed.

Xiao Yang negotiated a future alchemy deal with Elder Hao and entered the Medicine Warehouse to find Vajra Bodhi. After stopping Zi Yan from taking it, he redirected her toward a Dragon Scale Golden Fruit and warned her against eating unknown herbs.

• Xiao Yang told Elder Hao that reaching high-level Dou Ling would take half a year to a year, while hiding how soon he expected to reach Dou Wang.
• Elder Hao offered Xiao Yang half-price medicinal herbs and asked him to refine a Dou Ling Pill once he became a fifth-tier alchemist; Xiao Yang agreed to do it with two portions of ingredients.
• Elder Hao gave Xiao Yang a jade token that allowed him to take one medicinal herb from the Medicine Warehouse.
• Xiao Yang used the token to enter the Medicine Warehouse and found the Vajra Bodhi.
• Zi Yan tried to grab the Vajra Bodhi, but Xiao Yang stored it in his Sumeru Ring before she could take it.
• Xiao Yang pointed Zi Yan to a Dragon Scale Golden Fruit and warned her not to eat medicinal herbs indiscriminately.

Xiao Yang befriended Zi Yan by refining medicinal herbs into tasty pills and traded for her knowledge of spiritual herbs in the Inner Courtyard. He then used the promise of a Transformation Pill to enlist her help finding a suitable location, leaving her eager to cooperate.

• Zi Yan followed Xiao Yang after he offered to refine her bitter Dragon Scale Golden Fruit, trusting him because she sensed his dragon aura.
• Elder Hao angrily confronted Zi Yan for eating academy medicinal herbs, but she threatened him and left with Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang bought Jade Honey and refined the Dragon Scale Golden Fruit into golden pills, which Zi Yan eagerly ate.
• Zi Yan offered to reveal the location of a Snow Demon Sky Ape guarding something valuable in exchange for Xiao Yang making her more pills, and he accepted.
• Xiao Yang showed Zi Yan a Transformation Pill and promised it if she behaved, then asked her to help find a suitable location near the Inner Courtyard.